Bradley Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 It truly was a shame! It had so many great actors and could have been an all time classic war movie! The writers and director need to be shot- even if they have to be dragged out of nursing homes in their wheelchairs! +1..... LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooksBailey Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 After a remake of Midway (which is underway, BTW), I've always wanted to see a remake of Battle of the Bulge. So much unrealized potential. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Battleground" (1949) was a vastly superior Bulge movie. Looks like most of the actors didn't need small arms training.... Another great combat sequence here from a little-known Jimmy Stewart movie set during the Japanese 1944 Ichigo offensive in China (1961). Not perfectly authentic, but pretty dang good for Hollywood. Oh, and notice they use the gamey fuel drum trick here too.... Another highly authentic (non-WWII) war film virtually unknown in North America is about the Aussie Vietnam experience. Totally different from the Coppola, Stone and Kubrick version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooksBailey Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I loved Battleground! I haven't seen that in a long time. Time to dig around in the ol' VHS collection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogCBrand Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Battleground" (1949) was a vastly superior Bulge movie. Looks like most of the actors didn't need small arms training.... Yes! I love "Battleground" too! A great war movie! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkchapuis Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Enemy at the Gates" was pretty epic -- best Stalingrad movie to date, I think. Didn't care for that at all. I think the first three episodes of BoB are my favorite war movies. And we were soldiers minus the last day fight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroodingPhobos Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Battleground" (1949) was a vastly superior Bulge movie. I consider Battleground to be one of the best war movies from that era. You really got a feel for those soldiers and the troubles they faced. I still think it is a better viewing than Saving Private Ryan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemoN Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Anyone know "Die Brücke"? But please, don't watch the English version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Die Brucke.. an absolute classic anti war film with a tangible sense of realism to it. Interesting that this 1950's German made film showed a Panzerfaust being fired from within a building, albeit with detrimental effects to the civilian standing behind it! However, the firer was unharmed and seemingly unaffected by the blast within a confined space. Regards KR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Another highly authentic (non-WWII) war film virtually unknown in North America is about the Aussie Vietnam experience. Totally different from the Coppola, Stone and Kubrick version. I’m hoping there’s a tongue firmly in a cheek somewhere there? The double yellow road marking (common here in Australia, not so in Vietnam) being just one of many “issues”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 they managed alright in "they were not divided" IMDB Cameo from RSM Brittain himself “Theirs is the Glory” (1946) is even better: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171824/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenris Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 “Theirs is the Glory” (1946) is even better: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171824/ This is the one I was thinking of. The veterans play themselves and others and captured German armour makes an appearance if I remember correctly. I seem to recall seeing at least one Panther in the film. -F 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 There are at least the following working vehicles: 1 x Tiger I 1 x Pz III 2 x Panthers 1 x Tiger II wreck (that hadn’t been recovered from the battle when they re visited Arnhem for the filming) Oh and some 6 Pdrs that were firing at the Panthers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Wir werden Sieger durch unsren Lieder. Oh, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD9soYn4tQA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Enemy at the Gates" was pretty epic -- best Stalingrad movie to date, I think. These are much better movies Broadsword56 Stalingrad 1993 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108211/ Come and See 1985 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MengJiao Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 These are much better movies Broadsword56 Stalingrad 1993 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108211/ Come and See 1985 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/ There's always Cranes are Flying an insanely arty Soviet 1950s film full of real t34s moving at high speed nose to tail. Kind of astounding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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